Display-cabinet.



A. S. STALLINGS.

DISPLAY CABINET.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 28, l9l6.

Patented Apr. 2,1918

2 SHEETS-SHEET A. S. STALLINGS.'

NSPLAY CABINET- APPLICATION FILED ocr. 20. I916.

Patented Apr, 2, 1918.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2- r s'r ALFRED S. STALLINGS, 0F ATLANTA, GEORGIA.

' DISPLAY-CHINE T.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 2, EMS,

Application filed October 28, 1916. Serial No. 128,260.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALFRED S. STALLINGS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Atlanta, in the county of-Fulton and State of Georgia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Display-Cabinets, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved cabinet and has as its primary object to provide a deviceof this character particularly designed for containing and displaying candies in stores.

The invention has as a further object to provide a cabinet having a plurality of trays in which the candy may be displayed and wherein the cabinet will also be equipped with drawers for containing a stock of the candy so displayed.

The invention has as a still further object to provide an arrangement wherein the drawers will be mounted to normally gravitate to closed position and wherein stop members will be provided for limiting the drawers in their movement to open position and supportingthe drawers when so opened.

And the invention has as a still further object to provide a device of this character which will be thoroughly sanitary and which will be of such nature that it may be easily moved from place to place.

Other and incidental objects will appear as the description proceeds and in the drawings wherein I have illustrated the preferred embodiment of the invention and wherein similar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my i1nproved cabinet particularly showing the ar rangcment of the display trays therein,

Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing the rear side of the cabinet and particularly showing the arrangement of the drawers employed,

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view particularly showing the mounting of the drawers as well as the general construction 01 the cabinet,

Fig. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view illustrating the combined stop and retaining members for the drawers, and

Fig. 5 is a detailpcrspectivo view showing one of the display t 'ays removed.

In carrying out the li'ivention, my improved cabinet is formed with substantially triangular shaped ends 10. Extending between the ends a front sill 11 and a buck sill 12. Connecting the ends at the upper rear extremity of the cabinet is an. upper cross piece 13 and arranged between the said cross piece and the sill 12 is a i'niddlc cross piece 14. lilxtcnding between the ends and spaced a slight distance in the rear ol? the sill 11 is'a bottom cross piece 1.5. The sills and several cross pieces may be secured to the ends in any approved manner. l

The ends 10 along their :l'orwardly sloping margins, are rabbcted upon the inner sides thereof to slidably receive a front transparent pane 16 which, at its lower extremity, is received within a suitable groovein the front sill 11, with the said sill supporting the pane in position. The pane 16 is preferably formed of plate glass although any other suitable transparent pane may be omployed. The ends 1.0 are also transversely rahbetcd at their upper extremities to slidably receive a top panc- IT. The pane .17, as in the instance oit tlle pane 1.6 is also pref-- e ably formed of piate glass and at its lorward extremity, is arranged to overlie the upper edge of the pane 16' for locking the latter pane upon the cabinet. Extending forwardly "from the middle cross piece H and supported by the said cross piece and the ends 10 of the cabinet is a lmrizontally arranged shelf 18 defining upper and lower compartments within the cabinet. Closing the upper compartment, are sliding doors 19 supported between the cross pieces 13 and l t. These doors 19 may be of any approved type and are preferably provided with roller bcarings so that the said doors may move freely with respect to each other. h'lountcd upon the inner sides of the doors are mirrors 20,

this ar1'ai1g .u'1ie11t adding materially to they attractiveness of the cabinet.

Mounted within the forward extremity of the lower compartment of the cabinet, are a plurality of display trays including trays 21 of similar construction and a tray an ranged lJOllYlCll the {rays 91 with the said trays filling snugly side by side between the ends 10 of the cabinet. The trays 21v and. 22 are all preferably formed of suitable white enamclcdovarc and utthe open sides then-oi. are providcd with lateral end flanges 23 and side flanges 24-. The trays 21 are formed with transverse partitions 25 defining upper and lower compartments in the said trays while the tray has its bottom wall rebent upon itself as more particularly shown in Fig. 3 to provide a plurality of shelves 26 within the said tray.

Extending within the lower compartment of the cabinet are vertical partitions 2"! ahntting the shelf 18 and dividing the said lower compartment into a plurality of drawer receiving sections. The trays 2i and 22 arranged to close these sections at their for-- ward extremities and are supported in inclined position between the shelf 18 and the bottom sill 11 of the cabinet. The tra s 21 are arranged. within the end. sections with the side flanges 24; thereof engaging with the end members 10 and the vertical partitions 27, while the upper end flanges 23 of the said trays are engaged with the forward edge of the shelf 18 with the lower end flanges 23 of the said trays engaging within the groove in the sill 11 for the lower edge of the pane 18. The tray is arranged be tween the partitions 27 with the side flanges thereof engagingwith the said partitions and with the end flanges of the said trays rcspectivcly engaging with the forward edge of the shelf 18 and within the groove in. the sill 11 as in the instance of the trays 21. The several trays are thus securely mounted in position and attention is now directed to the fact that the inner face of the sill 11 is beveled or cut away to provide an inclined seat 28 for the lower ends of the trays. Owing to the depth of the tray 22, this tray is, at its lower extremity, formed with shoulder 29 for engagement with the said seat with the adjacent endowall of the tray sloping inwardly to conform to the lines of the cabinet.

Arranged at the bottom of the several sections of the lower compartment of the cabinet is an inclined door which is formed of sections 80. These floor sections are preferably constructed of metal with the sides thereof flanged and connected by the said flanges to the sides 10 of the cabinet and the partitions 27 with the forward ends of the said sections secured to the cross piece 15 and with'the rear ends thereof secured to the sill 12. Slidably mounted upon thwe floor sections and arranged within the several sections of the lower compartment of the cabinet, are a plurality of drawers 31 provided with flanged heads 32 for engage ment with the cross pieces 1st and the sill 12 with the inner extremities of the drawers cut away to conform to the inclined inner faces of the. trays 21 and 22. As will now'he host observed upon reference to Fig. 3, the sill 12, at its inner upper corner, is cut away to receive a plurality of rollers 33 for engagement with the bottoms of the drawers and mounted upon the sides of the drawers their forward extremities, are laterally projectin rollers 3 engaging with tin, floor sections 30 to cooperate with rollers 33 a for freely supporting the draw Conse ,ana

quently, it will be seen that owing to the in clination of the floor sections 30, the drawers will normally gravitate to closed position. in this connection, it is to he noted that the cross piece 15 is arranged to engage the in 181 ends of the drawers when closed and this cross piece provides a stop for the said drawers so that when the drawers are shifted inwardly, the said stop will engage the drawers to limit the said. drawers in their inward movement and relieve any shock upon the drawer heads 32. lhe drawers 31 are, of course, provided with. suitable handles 35 Connected to the inner sides of the ends 10 of the cabinet and to the vertical partitions 27 are a plurality of combined stop and retaining members 36 for the drawers. These retaining members are in the nature of angle irons each supported by one of its flanges with the other flange thereof extending laterally to engage over one of the rollers 34 upon the drawers 31. The members 36 are arranged to extend substantially parallel to the floor sections 30 and at their outer extremities, are bent downwardly toward the said floor sections to provide stops37. Accordingly, it will be seen that when the drawers 31 are shifted within the cabinet, the retaining members 86 will engage over the sellers St to prevent the drawers from tilting upon the rollers 33 while, when the dinners are drawn outwardly, the rollers 34lwill engage with the stops $37 of the said members, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3,

to limit the drawers in their outward movement.

The cabinet, as thus described, may, of course, be constructed any desired size but is preferably of such naturethat it may be kept upon the ordinary store counter for.

displayed so that when a customer indicates a particular Kind of candy desired, the

drawers may he opened and. the candy fur; nished from the stool: thereof without the necessity of molesting the candy upondis play. ranged to gravitate to closed position, the

l of candy will he kept in a fresh condition. liioreover, it is to he observed that the front pane l6 arranged. to tightly close i and 22 so that the candy within ,iays will also he kept in a fresh tliince the drawers are normally ar-' condition. The upper compartment of the cabinet is, as will be observed, tightly closed by the doors 19. I

It will therefore be seen that I provide a particularly eflicient construction for the purpose set forth. By displacing the front pane 16 as previously described, the trays 21 and 22 may be easily removed to be cleaned While, by shifting the drawers 31 inwardly and tilting the inner ends of the said drawers upwardly so that the rollers 34 will ride over the guide members 36, the said draweis may be easily displaced. Consequently, the entire structure may be maintained in a thoroughly sanitary condition.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

l. A display cabinet including a cabinet body having a front sill provided with a groove, a front pane for the cabinet body F seated in said groove, a display tray pro-- vided with flanges at its ends, the flange at the lower end of said tray engaging insaid groove, and shelf forming means Within the cabinet body engaged by the flange at the the cabinet body seating a 'ainst said sill, a 1; display tray having flanges at its ends, the

flange at the lower end of said tray-engaging said 5111, and shelf forming means within the eablnet body and engaged l'; the flange at the upper end of the tray for supporting the tray in position beneath the said pane.

In testimon whereof l aiiix'm si naturc.

ALFRED b. bTA-illJINGC3. LL.S. 

